Necktie.



No. 628,583. Patented .luly n, I899.

E. HEYMAN. 1

NECKTIE.

(Application filed May 5, 1595.;

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIAS HEYMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NECKTIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,583, dated July 11,1899.

Application filed May 5, 1898. Serial No. 679,773. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELIAs'HEYMAN, a citi-' it in such position withoutdanger of displacement and it has also for one of its objects the savingof a considerable amount of material in the manufacture of the necktie.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a parthereof, and in which like letters of reference refer to like parts ineach figure thereof; and my invention consists in the combination ofparts and arrangement of detail shown in the said drawings and describedin the following specification and claim.

Inthe said drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a necktie and collar-claspembodying my invention,with the collar upon which it is placed. Fig. 2is a detailed view of the necktie-holder and collar-clasp. Fig. 3 is anedge view of the holderin position, showing the neckband of the tie andthe collar in vertical cross-section. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectionof the same on the line 4: 4 of Fig. 1.

X represents the collar, upon which the necktie is placed in position.

X is the body of the tie, which may be either a bow-knot, four-in-hand,or other style of tie.

A represents the neck or collar bands, which are attached to the tie atone end by suitable means of attachment or may be an integral partthereof and extend about half way around the collar X. Upon the outerend of each of these bands and upon the inner side of the same the claspor holder is secured. This clasp or holder consistsof a plate B,

. preferably provided with suitable perfora tions b for the reception ofthread when the clasp is sewed fast to the band. It may, however, besecured to the neckband by any other suitable means of attachment. Theplate 0, being a continuation of the plate B, may be bent so that thetwoplates forma U shape in cross-section. This plate 0 is provided uponeither of its vertical sides with inturned flanges D, which projecttherefrom until they come in contact or nearly in contact with the innerside of the plate B, one at an angle somewhat greater and the other lessthan a right angle from the said plate 0. The upper edgeof this plate 0is provided with a lip E turning outwardlythat is, away from the plateB. The entire clasp or holder is preferably made of spring-steel orother elastic metal, so that it will not become bent out of shape inuse.

The operation of this device is as follows: WVhen it is desired to placethe necktie upon the collar of the wearer, the clasp is taken in thefingers, placed beneath the lower edge of the collar at a suitabledistance toward the back of the neck to insure that the tie at the frontis in proper position, and the clasp is then pressed upward, so that theplate 0 passes upward on the inside of the collar and the plate B uponthe outside,the lip E facilitatin g this operation. 1 As the clasp ispressed upward the collar will press the two plates apart, thus causingit to be firmly gripped between the plate B and the flanges D upon theplate 0, and it will be readily seen that when once placed in positionthe flanges D, pressing firmly against the collar,will prevent theclasp, and consequently the tie, from moving either backward or forward,and thus re tain it securely in position. the clasp upon the ends of thecollar-band renders it unnecessary that the same should extend entirelyaround the neck, and in this manner it will be seen a considerablesaving in material is efiected.

What I claim is- The placing of 7 In a necktie the combination of thetie proper provided with a neckband in two parts, each part providedwith a collar-clasp composed of two portions connected at one edge anddisposed in parallel planes, one of said portions having its verticaledge turned in- In presence of- F. M. SENIOR, ALFRED BEATIIE.

hand this 27th day of April, 1898, at the city I

